By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – If ever there lived a scientist who came closest to figuring out the essence of human nature and what we need to do to survive on planet Earth, it was Edward Osborne Wilson from Birmingham, Alabama, who reached the zenith of the biological sciences at Harvard and provided…
Obituaries
My Loyal Dog Jefferson Died on Christmas Night 2019
Margaret Wilson Dies at 93
By Glynn Wilson – Margaret Louise Walrond-Wilson, my mother and a long time resident of Jefferson County, Alabama, died in her sleep of natural causes in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Dec. 10. She was 93. Born on Sept. 12, 1926 in Birmingham, she was employed at Trussville Utilities for more than 30 years…
Mobile Writer and Activist David Underhill Dies at 78
By Glynn Wilson – Editor and Publisher – MOBILE, Ala. — Long-time activist and writer David R. Underhill, Associate Editor of the New American Journal, died in the Mobile Infirmary Medical Center of heart failure after a battle with a series of other health issues early Friday morning, November 8. He was 78. A native…
Kodachrome on Netflix: Author Tom Wolfe Dies at 88
Mobile Artist Alton Dwight Adams Dies of Injuries Suffered in Bike Crash with Car
MOBILE, Ala. — Beloved local artist Alton Dwight Adams has died from injuries suffered on Dec. 13 when he was hit by a moving vehicle while riding his bicycle on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. He was 62. Adams was a familiar face to people who worked, lived, or played in downtown Mobile, according to…
Tom Hayden, Civil Rights and Antiwar Activist Turned Lawmaker, Dies at 76
By Robert D. McFadden – Tom Hayden, who burst out of the 1960s counterculture as a radical leader of America’s civil rights and antiwar movements, but rocked the boat more gently later in life with a progressive political agenda as an author and California state legislator, died on Sunday. He was 76. His wife, Barbara…
Sports Writer Dan Rutledge Dies in Baldwin County, Alabama
By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — I just learned that my long-time close friend and former editor Dan Rutledge recently died in Baldwin County, Alabama. According to an obituary published on the Gulf Coast Media newspapers Website, Robert “Danny Boy” Rutledge died at his home in Stockton on Wednesday, Feb. 3, after a long…